After they finish fussing over your baby, many of your friends will start asking you about how you plan to lose the extra weight. This society is a little strange about weight issues, as there are so many overweight people, yet we are still preoccupied with how much we weigh. The faster a woman can drop back down to her pre-pregnancy weight the happier she is supposed to be. Of course, every woman loses weight at a different rate. If you are worried about how well you will be able to (or not be able to) lose your baby weight, here are some tips and tricks for losing weight after pregnancy.
Don’t try to rush the process. It’s hard to think about losing weight sensibly when you are bombarded with information about celebrity mothers who dropped all of their baby weight in a few weeks. Remember, these women are free to exercise and go to spas while others are taking care of their babies. They are in a position to spend their days doing specialized exercises and eating in restaurants that serve exactly the kind of food that matches their diets. Normal women do not have these opportunities, so don’t compare yourself to Angelina Jolie. You will lose your weight at a rate that is best for you.
The average time frame for weight gain and loss around pregnancy is nine months. Nine months to gain it, nine months to lose it. So think of it as an eighteen month process, nine months to gain all that weight and another nine to lose it. This helps you take a leisurely and healthy approach to losing weight after pregnancy. There’s nothing out of the ordinary if you haven’t lost all that weight after a month or two. Just be attentive and you will soon drop those extra pounds. Sometimes you have a stubborn five or ten pounds that take a little longer to shed.
Don’t go looking for a diet! That probably sounds counterintuitive. Yet when you have a new baby, you really should not be limiting the nutrition you are getting. You don’t want to work in opposition to your body’s needs, as this could actually make it harder to lose weight. Furthermore, when you have a baby to take care of, you don’t need the additional stress of worrying about every morsel of food you consume. The last thing you should be worrying about is limiting your foods or cutting out foods you normally enjoy. Eat what you like -the weight will come off!
Some women find it more difficult than others to lose weight after pregnancy. When you are in this situation, however, you can’t simply lose the weight by cutting back drastically on calories and working out intensely. You have additional considerations when you have a young child to take care of. This means you need to approach your weight loss differently than you would have before you got pregnant or if your child were a little older. There’s no reason to be concerned; it’s a natural process!
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